Unilever siktar på 85 procent nyttiga produkter till 2028
Matjätten Unilever börjar hälsomärka sina varor, med målet att 85 procent av företagets produkter ska vara nyttiga till 2028, skriver TT.
Ett problem är dock att kriterierna för vad som är hälsosamt skiljer sig åt mellan olika länder. Enligt Unilevers egna regler är 63 procent av produkterna hälsosamma i dag, medan Australien och Nya Zeeland har striktare regler och räknar 17 procent av företagets varor som nyttiga.
”Den stora skillnaden visar att det inte finns någon globalt gångbar definition”, skriver Unilever och uppmanar till att en enhetlig standard utformas.
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Unilever plc is a British multinational consumer goods company with headquarters in London, England. Unilever products include food, condiments, ice cream, cleaning agents, beauty products, and personal care. Unilever is the largest producer of soap in the world and its products are available in around 190 countries.Unilever's largest brands include Lifebuoy, Dove, Sunsilk, Knorr, Lux, Sunlight, Rexona/Degree, Axe/Lynx, Ben & Jerry's, Omo/Persil, Heartbrand (Wall's) ice creams, Hellmann's and Magnum.Unilever is organised into three main divisions: Foods and Refreshments, Home Care, and Beauty & Personal Care. It has research and development facilities in China, India, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, and the United States.Unilever was founded on 2 September 1929, by the merger of the British soapmaker Lever Brothers and the Dutch margarine producer Margarine Unie. In the 1930s Unilever acquired the United Africa Company. During the second half of the 20th century, the company increasingly diversified from being a maker of products made of oils and fats and expanded its operations worldwide. It has made numerous corporate acquisitions, including Lipton (1971), Brooke Bond (1984), Chesebrough-Ponds (1987), Best Foods (2000), Ben & Jerry's (2000), Alberto-Culver (2010), Dollar Shave Club (2016) and Pukka Herbs (2017). Unilever divested its specialty chemicals businesses to ICI in 1997. In the 2010s, under the leadership of Paul Polman, the company gradually shifted its focus towards health and beauty brands and away from food brands showing slow growth.Unilever has a primary listing on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index. Unilever has a secondary listing on Euronext Amsterdam and is a constituent of the AEX index. The completion of the unification of Unilever's Dutch and UK arms under a single London-based entity was announced on 30 November 2020.
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